News Archive for 09/04/13

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Kraken Opus promotes special-edition Prince iPod

04/13, 4:40pm

Kraken Opus Prince iPod

Luxury book publisher Kraken Opus is now selling a new special-edition iPod touch, the Prince Opus. The player is provided alongside a book of photographs of the funk and R&B singer, selling for a considerable $2,100. Only 950 units of the iPod are being made available, whose exterior features a purple front, and a back with a laser-etched Prince logo.

iPhone apps: iQuarterback, Doomsday, Number Rumble

04/13, 3:05pm

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iQuarterback ($1) is a football game where players take the role of a quarterback and must hit various targets around the field. The game features three different difficulty levels, college, pro and all-star along with a practice mode for improving skills. Players have one minute to score as many points as possible and then they may compare their scores to other players around the world with the online leaderboard.

VoiceOver Kit 1.0.1 fixes Shuffle pronunciations

04/13, 9:55am

VoiceOver Kit 1.0.1 update

Apple has produced a minor update for the third-gen iPod shuffle, VoiceOver Kit 1.0.1. VoiceOver is the technology used to synthesize, sync and play speech on the new Shuffle; the update fixes the pronunciations for a number of unspecified artists. Also addressed are a collection of minor bugs, again unnamed. The patch is currently available only through Software Update.

Third-gen Shuffle Apple's most profitable iPod

04/13, 9:35am

iPod shuffle 3G teardown

On a per-unit basis, the third-generation iPod shuffle may be one of Apple's most profitable products, says iSuppli. The research firm observes that even when factoring packaging and headphone costs in with those of the actual player components, a modern Shuffle costs approximately $21.77 to produce, or just 28 percent of the retail cost. By comparison, 49 percent of the first-gen iPod touch's $299 retail price was swallowed up by component costs.